Portable water-heater and steam-cooker.



No. 757,358. PATENTED APR.'12, 1904. J W. STATON.

PORTABLE WATER HEATER AND STEAM:CO0KER. 3 APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

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UNIT D STATES Fatented April 12, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN WILLIAM STATON, OF ROCKVVOOD, TEXAS.

PORTABLE WATER-HEATER AND STEAM-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,358, dated April 12, 1904.

4 Application filed January 8, 1902. Serial No. 88,845. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN WILLIAM STATON,

.a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockwood, in the countyof Coleman and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Portable Water-Heater and Steam-Cooker; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse thesame.

This invention relates to a portable waterheatcr and steam-cooker, and hasfor its object to provide, an apparatus of this class which will be adapted for heating water for a variety of domestic purposes, such as for washing clothes and the like, and for supplying steam for scalding clothes, for cooking feed for stock, and for operating a churn or similar device.

Another object of the invention isto provide an apparatus which may be supplied with heat from an ordinary stove or furnace or from a chimney or from any other form of heater, such as gas or oil burner, and which may be readily uncoupled and compactly stored away when not in use.

Furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide an apparatus which will be especially adapted for washing clothes and which will be capable of supplying water or steam to different receptacles at different temperatures for scalding, washing, and rinsing clothes.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter illustrated and described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portable water-heater and steam cooker and generator constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detailed view illustrating the manner of connecting the pipes with the coil.

other desired manner, as will be readily understood. The coil is designed to be heated for converting the small volume of water within it into steam by means of any suitable heating apparatusand isadapted to be placed within a stove or furnace or within a chimneywhere the heat is suflicient for the purpose, and the arms 3 and 4. are provided at the outer terminals with tapering or conical extensions 5and 6, adapted to be introduced into the adjacent ends of tubes or pipes 7 and 8, whereby the latter are detachably connected to the steam-generating coil. The pipes 7 and 8 are provided with conical end portions which detachably receive the conical extensions of the arms of the coil. Pipe 7 is flexible and extends from the arm 3 of the steamgenerating coil to a water receptacle or reservoir 6, which may consist of a tank, trough, or any other suitable receptacle; butv the apparatus may be connected with any other suitable source of supply, such as a hydrant, water-supply pipe, or the like. The. reservoir or receptacle is provided with a pipe or nozzle 10, having arms or branches 11 and 12, and the said pipe 7 is suitably coupled to a branch or arm 11, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and it is provided between its ends with a suitable cook or valve 13 for controlling the flow of water to the steam-generating coil.

The pipe 8 is adapted to convey the steam from the coil to a distributer 14, consisting of a main distributing-pipe and a series of distributing-pipes 15, 16, and 17 each provided with a cut-off or valve 18. The main distributing-pipe is provided with a centrally-arranged short pipe 19, which is connected by a coupling 20 with the adjacent end of the steam-pipe 8 and with one end of a water-pipe 21, extending from the said coupling to the arm or branch 12 of the pipe or nozzle 10 of the reservoir or receptacle. The pipe or nozzle 10, which is approximately Y-shaped, may be secured-to the receptacle in any suitable manner, and it may also be provided with means for connecting it with a hydrant or other source of supply. The water-pipe 21 is provided adjacent to coupling 20 or at any other desired point with a valve or cut-off 22,

which is adapted to be opened for enabling the flow of steam through the pipe 8 to cause a suction in the water-pipe 21, and thereby create a flow of water through the said water-pipe for supplying water of the desired temperature to the tubs 0r receptacle hereinafter described. The discharge-pipes 15, 16, and 17, which are arranged at the ends and center of the main distributing-pipe, are approximately L-shaped and have depending portions adapted to extend into tubs 23, 24, and or other suitable receptacles, which may be supplied with steam for scalding clothes and with water of different temperatures for washing and rinsing clothes, whereby the operation may be performed with great facility and despatch. The apparatus is also adapted for sup plying steam and hot water for a large number of domestic purposes and for the washing and scalding of dishes and for house-cleaning. The apparatus is also adapted for cooking feed for stock, and the discharge-pipe 17 is provided with an extension or nozzle having a cut-ofi or valve 26. This extension or nozzle 27 when the valves or cut-offs of the dischargepipes 15 and 16 are closed is adapted to deliver a jet of steam upon blades 28 of a wheel 29 for rotating a shaft or stem 30 of a dasher of a churn, and when the supply of steam is sufiicient the operation of churning may be rapidly performed. The apparatus is also adapted for operating other devices and supplying hot water and steam for a large Variety ofv purposes, as will be readily understood. The said pipe 8, which conducts the steam from the coil, is preferably constructed of metal; but it may be made of any other suitable material, and it may be clamped to the extension 6 of the coil by a set-screw, as shown in Fig. 1. The apparatus may also be employed for furnishing steam for vapor-baths and for various other purposes, and it will be clear that it is exceedingly-simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is readily set up for operation, and that the pipes may be readily uncoupled to permit it to be compactly stored away when not in use.

I desire it to be understood that various changes and modifications in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claim may be made without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An apparatus of the class described comprising, a steam-generating coil having extended tapering terminals, a tank or reservoir, a main water-pipe extending from the tank to one end of the coil and having a flexible portion detachably fitted on the tapered portion thereof, asteam-pipe extending from the other end of the coil and detachably fitting the tapered portion thereof, a distributing-pipe connected with the steam-pipe, a suction-pipe extending from the tank or reservoir to the steam-pipe and valves for controlling the passage of steam and water through the pipes, said steam and main water pipes being separable from the heating-coil and located beyond the body portion thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM STATON.

Witnesses:

J. H. STAToN, (J. A. STAFFORD. 

